Flying Buffalo Incorporated (FBI) is a company based in Scottsdale, Arizona that offers roleplaying games, gaming materials, and play-by-mail gaming services. Downtown Scottsdale Statue Scottsdale (Pima Vaá¹£ai S-veá¹£onÄ­) is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Named by the New York Times as The Beverly Hills of the Desert and by Travel Channel as one of the most luxurious destinations in the nation, Scottsdale has become internationally... Play by mail games are games, of any type, played through postal mail or e-mail. ...

Founded by Rick Loomis and Steve MacGregor in 1972, the company invented computer-moderated play-by-mail games, in which the computer referees multiplayer games conducted by mail (or, in this modern era, e-mail, phone, and fax as well). Popular pbm games include Starweb and Battle Plan. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Telephone This article is about telephone technology. ... Fax (short for facsimile - from Latin fac simile, make similar, i. ... Starweb is a play-by-mail game of strategy and diplomacy invented in 1976 by Rick Loomis. ...

Later, Flying Buffalo began developing other products, including the game Tunnels and Trolls, a fantasy roleplaying game similar to Dungeons and Dragons, but designed better for individual play and play-by-mail campaigns. Other products included background materials for fantasy roleplaying, such as the Grimtooth's Traps series of books which describe various traps that a gamemaster might include in their dungeons, and the Citybook series which described in detail fantasy cities and their businesses for use in fantasy roleplaying. The company even ran a gaming store at various locations in Tempe, Arizona until 1985. Tunnels and Trolls is a role-playing game that was first released in 1975. ... The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... Tempe is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona. ...

Flying Buffalo ventured in to board/card game publishing with Nuclear War. Nuclear War is a card game designed by Douglas Malewicki, and originally published in 1966. ...

List of games

• Ace of Aces
• Catalyst (roleplaying game)
• Lost Worlds
• Nuclear War
• Starweb
• Tunnels and Trolls

Ace of Aces is a combat picture book game designed by Alfred Leonardi and originally published in 1980 by Nova Game Designs. ... Lost Worlds is a combat picture book game designed by Alfred Leonardi and originally published in 1983 by Nova Game Designs. ... Nuclear War is a card game designed by Douglas Malewicki, and originally published in 1966. ... Starweb is a play-by-mail game of strategy and diplomacy invented in 1976 by Rick Loomis. ... Tunnels and Trolls is a role-playing game that was first released in 1975. ...

External links

• Flying Buffalo home page